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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Mitsuhiro Fukao, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Matsuo, Toyota, JP;
Hiroki Kondo, Miyoshi, JP;
Akira Hino, Toyota, JP;
Daisuke Inoue, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Ayabe, Toyota, JP;
Akihide Ito, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
In a vehicle in which a continuously variable transmission and a gear mechanism are provided in parallel on a power transmission pathway between an input shaft and an output shaft, (i) an electronic control unit performs CVT shifting, in view of shift characteristics of C to C shifting in which the speed ratio is changed in stages, or (ii) then electronic control unit performs C to C shifting, in view of shift characteristics of CVT shifting in which the speed ratio is steplessly changed.